From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Oct 6 17:26:14 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C974BEC86A for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2016 17:26:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mmatalka@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x236.google.com (mail-wm0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::236]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 03FEF6BD for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2016 17:26:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mmatalka@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x236.google.com with SMTP id k125so340427386wma.1 for ; Thu, 06 Oct 2016 10:26:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version; bh=3+Fkf1l8kQzQWqhGdcBmRhqkU4uil29Hw2IKQ8P9Frc=; b=WUCsYJx8l+HK7x6d/XKj+2UnPz8BrHvyRzD+y3/vb0IwU78W27tcCovQbNFeeOvScS Q5kDFYjafx3UcZ3pA1eiC8lgn7SH5C2ElEk1ufNNIudK0y8FriHWl/Zgwv1d5kxNNFms qI9KBMqrfQ52OFzxQLGYzAd+E8dSfcPg4fs35WwVTVMRbnBfMbIQXjuESAqhOwK3xTl+ QSdbs1CnLHyJOGA/tI7NtREvrBQLoYu82vH7q+ARHTO52XQhNYCvayR2C2RF35S2AXKz +7aGsYPHwSa+dcSb13HAx+2r8T+iw7VDENx5CjmtuB5NgfH/nf1kfJ7fPybA8IB58ja1 5rYA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=3+Fkf1l8kQzQWqhGdcBmRhqkU4uil29Hw2IKQ8P9Frc=; b=fQrtzNpQZG1y9qSAKnWSvnW5J5XzwzuBtH8aUqm9zBFpslUDaxgCP0DYEsv59CJf5L olHptDMN2YK4VOXvpAz+bLFMdIie825mVAmJyLDtDhhKvKnQ02Vwa7BVA5x5zP5krQsb sAt2p6AQLYSThc/FBKMWb9kC9U/tJscvdeV6/60i3lZ8miN2AfzfpWw7DLFPOl6KAF2m 3Hgm7J/6lUL2R/5zoNBUaaile48Kv6UmIIgfiWcPzJgdg4WRrMWgUKK0AN9fRR4XZq7Y YDb+8OVkt2jUJASdE3mIKznAMCqCQ4ywYVtZnSsQNj2FMjvI2aGNlXvogmzhxu2wGKZu +F2w== X-Gm-Message-State: AA6/9Rnp4sVtSIvktSQboJ/hOzGv+G4pftl25PHrIzNds++GBIjAMS/XpEx2xdc7OdiF3w== X-Received: by 10.194.189.102 with SMTP id gh6mr13104678wjc.206.1475774772525; Thu, 06 Oct 2016 10:26:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([37.153.108.22]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a5sm15644085wjd.9.2016.10.06.10.26.11 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 06 Oct 2016 10:26:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Malcolm Matalka To: Warren Block Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD VBox Guest does not run X11 at 1440x900 References: <86fuo9wqc3.fsf@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2016 17:26:10 +0000 In-Reply-To: (Warren Block's message of "Thu, 6 Oct 2016 11:03:58 -0600 (MDT)") Message-ID: <867f9lwfrh.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2016 17:26:14 -0000 Warren Block writes: > On Thu, 6 Oct 2016, Malcolm Matalka wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I am running FreeBSD as a virtualbox guest on a OS X. My Mac is set to >> resolution 1440x900 and my X11 config in the VM is set to this as well. >> After running freebsd-update fetch and install and upgrading all my >> packages I cannot seem to run X in VBox at that resolution. If I bring >> my Mac to 1680x1050, I can run that (but it's not super enjoyable due to >> some poor redraw latency). And I can run at 1080x1024. I tried >> 1400x1050, which did not work as well. >> >> What happens when I try to run at 1440x900 is that the screen is only >> roughly the size of the console window. It is running X, I can do all >> my stuff but the screen is small. xrandr claims it is running at >> 1440x900. >> >> Has anyone seen this? I feel like the resolution might be a red herring >> but I have no way to determine this. > > Install the VirtualBox Guest Additions (emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions) inside the VM. Then use what it provides as an X driver, which > should be automatic. They are installed. To be clear: I have been running this setup for over a year. I did a freebsd-update and it no longer works.